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 Monday, November 14, 2016
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Can you name the diseases they help prevent?Author: David Schardt  in: What to Eat

 Why the fuss over beans? And by beans, we also mean peas, lentils, and other legumes. We can think of five "beanefits" to start with.
1. They're packed with fiber, potassium, magnesium, folate, and iron. These are nutrients a lot of people don't get enough of.
2. Cholesterol. Beans lower LDL ("bad") cholesterol, probably because they're rich in the gummy, soluble type of fiber that does that.
3. Blood pressure. Beans help lower blood pressure, possibly because they're a decent source of potassium. Bonus: their magnesium may help prevent type 2 diabetes.
4. Regularity. Beans contain less water than fruits and vegetables, which makes them a more concentrated source of fiber. Expect 6 or 7 grams of fiber in half a cup of most beans. The same amount of most veggies or fruits has 1 to 3 grams. Don't worry that some brands of, say, black beans seem to have less fiber than others. The different numbers on the labels are largely due to different laboratory tests, not differences in the beans.
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 Decision fatigue can lead to poor choices of what to buy and eat 
"We think that our choices of what to buy and eat are thoughtful and deliberate, and that we know what we're doing," says Deborah Cohen, a physician and senior natural scientist at the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit research organization.
"We think that what we eat is under our control, but it isn't. Much of what we do is automatic and done without much thought."
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